SC-200 Respond to security incidents Practice Question
A company uses Microsoft Sentinel as its SIEM. The security team is investigating an incident that involves multiple alerts from different data sources. The team wants to see a timeline of all related activities across all data sources in one view. Which Microsoft Sentinel feature should they use?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Incident timeline
The Incident timeline in Microsoft Sentinel provides a unified chronological view of all alerts and events related to an incident. Option A is wrong because Workbooks are for custom dashboards and reporting, not for viewing incident timelines. Option C is wrong because the Investigation graph focuses on entity relationships, not a chronological timeline. Option D is wrong because the Hunting page is for proactive threat hunting, not incident investigation.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Workbooks
Why it's wrong here
Workbooks render dashboards and visualisations from saved queries, but they do not correlate alerts into a single incident timeline. They are tempting because they display data graphically, and would be correct when building recurring operational reports on log volume or threat trends.
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Incident timeline
Why this is correct
The incident timeline aggregates alerts, bookmarks and entities from every connected data source into a single chronological view, satisfying the requirement to correlate related activities across sources during an investigation. Unlike hunting queries, which return raw results per query, it presents the whole incident's progression in one pane.
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Investigation graph
Why it's wrong here
The investigation graph maps entities and related alerts visually, but it is reached from a single incident and does not present a merged chronological timeline across separate incidents. It is tempting because it correlates entities, and would be correct when exploring relationships between users, hosts and IP addresses.
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Hunting page
Why it's wrong here
The hunting page runs proactive KQL queries to uncover threats not yet alerted on; it does not assemble existing incident alerts into one chronological view. It is tempting because it spans multiple data sources, and would be correct when proactively searching for undetected adversary activity.
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